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orthostates

orthostates is the plural of orthostate.

orthostates is the plural of orthostat.

Meaning of orthostat

Noun

orthostat (plural orthostats or orthostates)

  1. An upright stone or slab, especially one which is part of a larger structure.
    • Near-synonyms: menhir, standing stone

Noun

orthostates

  1. (rare) Synonym of orthostat
    Synonyms:
    orthostat

Synonyms of orthostates

Origin of orthostates

From Ancient Greek ὀρθοστάτης (orthostátēs, “upright shaft”).

Questions about orthostates

What does orthostates mean?
Orthostates means synonym of orthostat.
What is orthostates the plural of?
Orthostates is the plural of orthostate.
What part of speech is orthostates?
Orthostates is a noun.

Words near orthostates in the dictionary

  1. orthospermous
  2. orthosporin
  3. orthostasis
  4. orthostat
  5. orthostate
  6. orthostates
  7. orthostatic
  8. orthostatic hypotension
  9. orthostatic hypotensions
  10. orthostatism
  11. orthostats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orthostates (page history and authors); orthostat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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